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You won't need spider-sense to see this coming: Activision and Beenox are teaming up again to create an Amazing Spider-Man 2 game. The title is scheduled to swing onto PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Wii U, PC and 3DS systems alongside the film, which is currently slated for May 2014. Polygon reports the announcement was made by Marvel representatives during a panel at New York Comic-Con.

The game will take place in an open world Manhattan, and like the previous Amazing Spider-Mangame, will not be a straight movie-to-game translation in terms of plot. Players won't just be playing as the wisecracking superhero, as some portions of the game will also place control within the more mundane shoes of Peter Parker.

The game will also feature a morality system dubbed "Hero or Menace," which will reward or punish players depending on how they respond to crises within the city. We doubt J. Jonah Jameson will be swayed regardless.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>3dsactivisionamazing-spider-manamazing-spider-man-2beenoxmarvelmicrosoftnew-york-comic-connintendonyccpcplaystationps3ps4spider-manwii-uxboxxbox-oneSun, 13 Oct 2013 10:30:00 ESThttp://www.joystiq.com/2013/02/15/amazing-spider-man-spins-a-wii-u-web-on-march-5-in-na-march-8-e/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/02/15/amazing-spider-man-spins-a-wii-u-web-on-march-5-in-na-march-8-e/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/02/15/amazing-spider-man-spins-a-wii-u-web-on-march-5-in-na-march-8-e/#commentsIn the chill of the March 5 night, The Amazing Spider-Man arrives like a streak of light on Wii U in North America - well, in the cool of the March 5 day to be accurate. Europeans can take a look overhead to see it swing a thread onto continental retail shelves on March 8.

The Wii U is getting the Ultimate Edition of The Amazing Spider-Man, which bundles in the four DLC packs released for the other versions, including the one that lets you play as Stan Lee - every DLC pack for every game should let you play as Stan Lee. It also supports off-TV play, or if you prefer you can turn the GamePad into a cell-phone with which you can take on new challenges, find your way around the city, and order Spider-pizza sustenance.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>activisionactivision-blizzardamazing-spider-manbeenoxmarvelnintendorelease-datethe-amazing-spider-manwii-uFri, 18 Jan 2013 00:30:00 ESThttp://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/13/amazing-spider-man-also-coming-to-wii-u-dlc-in-tow/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/13/amazing-spider-man-also-coming-to-wii-u-dlc-in-tow/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/13/amazing-spider-man-also-coming-to-wii-u-dlc-in-tow/#commentsSpider-Man, in addition to doing whatever a spider can (catching thieves just like flies, spinning webs of various sizes, etc) will also be swinging his way onto Nintendo's forthcoming flagship console this spring when The Amazing Spider-Man is released on the Wii U.

Announced during Marvel's New York Comic Con panel earlier today, the port leverages the WiiPad's unique stable of features by integrating optional motion controls and menu navigation functionality via the touchscreen. As is the case with that other Wii U reissue of a current-gen superhero game, all of Amazing Spider-Man's DLC will come packed in, including the Stan Lee Adventure Pack seen above.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>Activisionamazing-spider-manBeenoxbeenox-studiosnintendoNYCC-12NYCC-2012the-amazing-spider-manwii-uSat, 13 Oct 2012 18:00:00 ESThttp://www.joystiq.com/2012/09/25/amazing-spider-man-dlc-lets-you-play-as-stan-lee-lizard-rhino/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/09/25/amazing-spider-man-dlc-lets-you-play-as-stan-lee-lizard-rhino/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/09/25/amazing-spider-man-dlc-lets-you-play-as-stan-lee-lizard-rhino/#commentsThe Amazing Spider-Man is getting a whole bunch of DLC today, including a few different packs that will have you playing as people other than the titular wall-crawler. The Lizard Rampage pack will open up a level where you play as the Lizard, along with a new Spidey suit to wear. The Oscorp Search & Destroy Pack brings two minigames, with you controlling either a giant snake or a hunter robot. And the Rhino Challenge Pack will put you behind the wheel of the Rhino, allowing you to destroy everything in a timed competition.

And finally, the long-awaited Stan Lee Adventure Pack will let you play the legend himself, flying around the virtual streets of New York and spouting one-liners as everyone's favorite former chairman of Marvel Comics. Each of these packs will run you $3-$4, but you can get all four for a discounted price of $10. As Stan himself would say (and we're paraphrasing here), that's enough words spoken.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>activisionamazing-spider-manbeenoxdlcdownloadable-contentlizardmicrosoftpacksplaystationps3rhinospider-manstan-leethe-amazing-spider-manxboxTue, 25 Sep 2012 10:30:00 ESThttp://www.joystiq.com/2012/07/11/transformers-war-for-cybertron-multiplayer-san-diego-comic-con-2012/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/07/11/transformers-war-for-cybertron-multiplayer-san-diego-comic-con-2012/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/07/11/transformers-war-for-cybertron-multiplayer-san-diego-comic-con-2012/#commentsActivision has a whole mess of stuff planned for this year's San Diego Comic-Con, starting with the first taste of multiplayer in Transformers: Fall of Cybertron.

High Moon Studios will announce a new Marvel game (likely Hit Monkey) during a panel on Saturday, and Activision will also show off new footage of both 007 Legends and the recently announced FPS tie-in for The Walking Dead. For Activision's full San Diego Comic-Con 2012 schedule, hit up the source link below.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>007-legendsactivisionamazing-spider-mancomic-con-2012microsoftpcplaystationps3san-diego-comic-con-2012sdcc-2012the-walking-deadthe-walking-dead-fpsthe-walking-dead-survival-instincttransformers-fall-of-cybertronxboxWed, 11 Jul 2012 23:30:00 ESThttp://www.joystiq.com/2012/07/10/amazing-spider-mans-ds-game-spun-by-dark-void-zero-dev/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/07/10/amazing-spider-mans-ds-game-spun-by-dark-void-zero-dev/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/07/10/amazing-spider-mans-ds-game-spun-by-dark-void-zero-dev/#commentsActivision's Amazing Spider-Man game came in PS3, Xbox, Wii, 3DS, and DS flavors. Activision hasn't shown or talked about much outside of the HD version, to the point that this is likely to be your first look at the DS version - which has been out since June.

Developer Other Ocean Interactive - known for Dark Void Zero, among other things - got in touch with Joystiq to let us know it was responsible for the DS Spidey game - which, like previous DS Spidey tie-ins by developers like Griptonite, eschews the big-screen games' 3D action for hand-drawn, side-scrolling 2D.

It's a different take on the Amazing Spider-Man franchise, just like the movie was a different take on the origin story for some reason.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>activisionamazing-spider-mandsnintendoother-oceanthe-amazing-spider-manTue, 10 Jul 2012 17:30:00 ESThttp://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/26/psn-tuesday-the-amazing-spider-man-resident-evil-chronicles-g/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/26/psn-tuesday-the-amazing-spider-man-resident-evil-chronicles-g/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/26/psn-tuesday-the-amazing-spider-man-resident-evil-chronicles-g/#commentsThe Amazing Spider-Man has all the abilities of a spider, including the ubiquity of the eight-legged pests. As proof, the game is on PSN now the same day as its retail release. Also downloadable on PS3 is the Resident Evil Chronicles HD Collection (temporarily discounted for Plus members) and some new Gran Turismo 5 DLC. Oh yeah, and that Mass Effect business.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>amazing-spider-manplaystationplaystation-vitaps3psnpsn-tuesdaypspsonythe-amazing-spider-manvitaTue, 26 Jun 2012 23:59:00 ESThttp://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/26/spider-man-launch-trailer-sounds-like-garbage/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/26/spider-man-launch-trailer-sounds-like-garbage/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/26/spider-man-launch-trailer-sounds-like-garbage/#commentsThink what you will about this half CG, half gameplay trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man but, at the very least, it alerted us to the fact that there is a new Garbage album. Thanks, Spidey!

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>amazing-spider-manmicrosoftnintendoplaystationps3the-amazing-spider-manwiixboxTue, 26 Jun 2012 13:00:00 ESThttp://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/22/bruce-campbell-is-in-the-amazing-spider-man-game-for-some-reason/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/22/bruce-campbell-is-in-the-amazing-spider-man-game-for-some-reason/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/22/bruce-campbell-is-in-the-amazing-spider-man-game-for-some-reason/#commentsBruce Campbell made cameo appearances in the 2000s Spider-Man movie series because of his connection to director Sam Raimi. He also appeared in the video games based on those movies, thanks to that same connection.

Now another director is making a different Spider-Man movie starring a different actor as a different version of the character. And Bruce Campbell is in the game based on that movie because ... people like Bruce Campbell, we guess?

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>activisionamazing-spider-manbeenoxbruce-campbellmicrosoftplaystationps3the-amazing-spider-manxboxFri, 22 Jun 2012 10:30:00 ESThttp://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/20/watch-stan-lee-as-geriatric-spider-man-in-this-bizarre-trailer/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/20/watch-stan-lee-as-geriatric-spider-man-in-this-bizarre-trailer/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/20/watch-stan-lee-as-geriatric-spider-man-in-this-bizarre-trailer/#commentsWe already knew that Stan Lee's cameo fixation would be seen in the upcoming Amazing Spider-Man game. At the time, we could only imagine what a playable elderly gentleman, filling in for Peter Parker, might look like. Today we can see it in horrifying detail.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>activisionamazing-spider-manbeenoxgameplayhorrormicrosoftplaystationpre-orderps3stan-leethe-amazing-spider-manxboxWed, 20 Jun 2012 21:00:00 ESThttp://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/15/the-amazing-spider-man-takes-a-swing-through-manhattan/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/15/the-amazing-spider-man-takes-a-swing-through-manhattan/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/15/the-amazing-spider-man-takes-a-swing-through-manhattan/#commentsWith great power comes great responsibility. Also: a pretty great way to get around NYC when you miss the bus.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>activisionamazing-spider-manBeenoxmicrosoftplaystationps3spider-manthe-amazing-spider-manxboxFri, 15 Jun 2012 19:30:00 ESThttp://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/19/latest-amazing-spider-man-trailer-showcases-the-web-rush-movem/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/19/latest-amazing-spider-man-trailer-showcases-the-web-rush-movem/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/19/latest-amazing-spider-man-trailer-showcases-the-web-rush-movem/#commentsSpider Man games are, generally speaking, made or broken by how satisfying it is to traverse New York City as your Friendly Neighborhood Spider Man. Slingin' webs is the essence of that fantasy, second only to being an accomplished journalist. That's why everyone likes Spider Man, right? The journalism?

Beenox's solution for The Amazing Spider Man, the "Web Rush," pulls double duty as both locomotive and combative solution by slowing down time, thus allowing the player to select their next web-oriented target of interest. Slowing down time will also be helpful for making J. Jonah Jameson's incredibly strict deadlines, which we know you're also concerned about. No one ever said the life of a genetically enriched photojournalist would be easy.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>Activisionamazing-spider-manbeenoxmicrosoftplaystationps3the-amazing-spider-manweb-rushxboxSat, 19 May 2012 16:30:00 ESThttp://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/10/play-as-stan-lee-rhino-in-the-amazing-spider-man-pre-order-perk/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/10/play-as-stan-lee-rhino-in-the-amazing-spider-man-pre-order-perk/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/10/play-as-stan-lee-rhino-in-the-amazing-spider-man-pre-order-perk/#commentsThese two pre-order bonuses for The Amazing Spider-Man couldn't be more different: One has players rampage through Manhattan as Rhino, the hulking, horned villain, and the other has players run around as an old man as he tries to collect some papers he's misplaced, yapping non-stop about "kids these days" and Liza Minelli's golden era.

GameStop's pre-order bonus is The Rhino Challenge, a timed destruction event where players suit up as Rhino and break as much stuff as possible. Amazon's bonus is "Play as Stan Lee for the First Time Ever," and has players travel through Manhattan as the Marvel mastermind himself. He uses special abilities borrowed from Spider-Man to collect pages from his latest script, punctuated by "witty banter." A "special surprise" is revealed at the end of the Stan Lee mission, tied into Spider-Man's 50th anniversary this year.

The box -- check it out to the left -- features the final art for The Amazing Spider-Man, Beenox said, but it doesn't specify how the Move will function with the title. Its insert shows two Move controllers and the PS Eye: If it does use two Move controllers, The Amazing Spider-Man will be the first third-party title to offer the dual-controller option, iWaggle3D noted.

The Amazing Spider-Man is hitting Wii and Xbox 360 as well, and while the Wii will use its own brand of motion-controls, there is no word yet if we'll be able to Web Rush with the Kinect.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>amazing-spider-manBeenoxmicrosoftmovenintendoplaystationps3the-amazing-spider-manWeb-RushwiixboxMon, 26 Mar 2012 14:30:00 ESThttp://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/20/spinning-a-web-from-the-amazing-spider-mans-point-of-view/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/20/spinning-a-web-from-the-amazing-spider-mans-point-of-view/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/20/spinning-a-web-from-the-amazing-spider-mans-point-of-view/#commentsIn an effort make you feel like you're Peter Parker in The Amazing Spider-Man, Beenox has designed Web Rush mode, a first-person mechanic that lets Spidey move to a particular section of the environment in a cinematic parkour sequence.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>activisionamazing-spider-manbeenoxmicrosoftplaystationps3the-amazing-spider-manxboxWed, 14 Mar 2012 14:30:00 ESThttp://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/01/stan-lee-to-be-playable-in-the-amazing-spider-man/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/01/stan-lee-to-be-playable-in-the-amazing-spider-man/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/01/stan-lee-to-be-playable-in-the-amazing-spider-man/#commentsGood morning, true believers! Are you ready for The Amazing Spider-Man to get weird? During an interview with Addict of Fiction at the London Super Comic Convention, Spidey co-creator Stan Lee revealed that he will be a playable character in Beenox's upcoming Amazing Spider-Man game.

This news raises so many questions, chief among them what? Will he be playable throughout, or just in one small sequence? Will he have spider-powers? Can Beenox's art team do justice to his moustache? We are begging Activision for more information on this wacky news.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>activisionamazing-spider-manbeenoxmicrosoftplaystationps3stan-leethe-amazing-spider-manxboxThu, 01 Mar 2012 10:30:00 ESThttp://www.joystiq.com/2012/02/23/the-amazing-spider-man-lands-june-26/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/02/23/the-amazing-spider-man-lands-june-26/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/02/23/the-amazing-spider-man-lands-june-26/#commentsThe Amazing Spider-Man, our friendly neighborhood foray into the world of movie tie-in gaming, will be released on June 26 for the 360, PS3, Wii, 3DS and DS, according to Game Informer. This is ahead of the film's theatrical debut on July 3, and seeing as the game serves as an addendum to the film, our initial reaction was to worry about potentially spoiling the ending of the movie ahead of its release.

Spoilers. For The Amazing Spider-Man. While we reel in shame over the sheer stupidity of our own thoughts, check out the game's latest trailer above, courtesy of IGN's YouTube channel.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>3dsactivisionamazing-spider-manBeenoxbeenox-studiosdsmicrosoftnintendoplaystationps3release-datespidermanthe-amazing-spider-manwiixboxThu, 23 Feb 2012 19:15:00 ESThttp://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/30/first-screenshot-of-the-amazing-spider-man-is-pretty-boring/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/30/first-screenshot-of-the-amazing-spider-man-is-pretty-boring/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/30/first-screenshot-of-the-amazing-spider-man-is-pretty-boring/#commentsWe're not sure the first screenshot for Activision and Beenox's The Amazing Spider-Man lives up to its name -- sure, Spidey's suit has a detailed, texturized-rubber look and he most certainly is perched very high up, on top of a skyscraper, but those details should be a given. We get it; he's Spider-Man. But how does he function in The Amazing Spider-Man? How do his maneuvers and attacks compare to the Hollywood film this game is tied to? Does his face resemble Andrew Garfield's?

We're able to glean more information from December's trailer, of course, but if the first screenshot wasn't going to be action-packed, at least it could have been artistic.

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Here's the full trailer of that Amazing Spider-Man teaser from last week, featuring Spidey fighting an army of robo spiders.

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A brief teaser trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man (above) promises a more amazing look at the game with this weekend's VGAs. There's also a new official site to poke around, if that's your thing. We imagine you like web sites.

The Amazing Spider-Man is slated to launch alongside the movie next summer and serves as an epilogue to the film. It brings back the free-roaming web-slinging of games past, with a story penned by Seamus Kevin Fahey, who's written for TV shows including Battlestar Galactica.

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It's hard to nail down exactly when Beenox began production of The Amazing Spider-Man. According to Activision producer Doug Heder, Amazing has been in the works for longer than either Shattered Dimensions or Edge of Time, the publisher's two latest Spidey titles. "We've spent more time on this game than we will have on either of the other two," he explained to me after Marvel's game panel at New York Comic Con this past weekend.

But that's not to say that all that time has been spent in production -- apparently the genesis of Amazing was nearly four years ago, though development didn't begin in earnest until about a year ago. "They are two completely separate teams," Heder said of the developing studio, Beenox. "We have separate leads, separate artists, separate designers -- they're working in parallel with each other."

Heder also noted that, at one point, Activison had another studio working on a Spider-Man 4 title to be released alongside a planned movie. When the movie fell through, however, Activision canceled the project and concentrated on other Spidey games. "That was a completely different studio that was working on it, completely different tech, and engine and everything," Heder said. "And when the movie shut down, we shut the game down." Reports from 2009 suggest Radical was working on the now canned title, but Heder unfortunately wouldn't get any more specific.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>activisionamazing-spider-manbeenoxdoug-hedermicrosoftnyccnycc-2011playstationps3radicalradical-entertainmentspider-man-4xboxMon, 17 Oct 2011 11:02:00 ESThttp://www.joystiq.com/2011/10/15/watch-the-amazing-spider-mans-first-gameplay-trailer-right-here/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/10/15/watch-the-amazing-spider-mans-first-gameplay-trailer-right-here/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/10/15/watch-the-amazing-spider-mans-first-gameplay-trailer-right-here/#comments
Sure, you already knew that the Amazing version of Spider-Man would be getting his own game, but have you seen the New York Comic Con trailer yet? Unless you were in the room with us, the answer is probably no, but we've got it here for you right now!

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As you, let's be frank, knew all along, Activision will release a video game based on The Amazing Spider-Man, the celluloid relaunch of America's favorite wall-crawler. IGN spotted a poster for the game at the New York Comic-Con, going on ... well, right now, as a matter of fact.

Though its existence is no surprise, the fact that it's being developed by Beenox may just be. Should it release alongside the film in July, The Amazing Spider-Man will follow Beenox's dismal Spider-Man: Edge of Time by just nine months.

Nine months. Like a baby.

On the bright side, Amazing Spider-Man will likely only feature one Spidey as compared to Edge of Time's two Spideys. So maybe it only needs half as much development time? Maybe?

Moving from game development to multidisciplinary writing, Irrational Games' Ken Levine and Shawn Elliott chat with Amazing Spider-Man writer Brian Michael Bendis on the second episode of Irrational Interviews, released this week. Did you know that what became BioShock was heavily seeded by a trip Levine and his wife took to Rockefeller Center? You would've if you'd already listened to the episode! What're you waiting for, dummy?